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Allende, Isabel.

Daughter of fortune : a novel / - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins, �1999. - viii, 399 pages : map ; 25 cm

pt. 1. 1843-1848 : Eliza ; The English ; Se�noritas ; A ruined reputation ; Suitors ; Miss Rose ; Love -- pt. 2. 1848-1849 : The news ; The farewell ; Fourth son ; Tao Chi'en ; The voyage ; The Argonauts ; The secret -- pt. 3. 1850-1853 : El Dorado ; Business dealings ; Soiled doves ; Disillusion ; Singsong girls ; Joaqu�in ; An unusual pair.

A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California. Arriving as a stowaway, Eliza finances her search with various jobs, including playing the piano in a brothel.



ISBN: 006019491X 9780060194918 9780060932756 0060932759

LCCN: 99026021

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gold mines and mining--California--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
California--History--1846-1850--Fiction.
California--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Love stories.
Fiction.
History.
Love stories.

LC Class. No.: PQ8098.1.L54 / H5513 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 863